Obituaries from October 2016

LEPANTO - Danielle Rena Stevison departed this life Saturday, September 24, 2016 in Memphis, Tenn. at the age of 21. Miss Stevison was born November 1, 1994 in Jonesboro to Frederick Joplin and Ellen Stevison. Miss Stevison was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith...

TRUMANN - Mr. David D. Sloan of Trumann departed this life on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of 72. Mr. Sloan was born Saturday, April 22, 1944 and was a lifetime resident of Trumann. He was a master electrician, part owner of Stewart Electric and a member of First Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by one brother, Tommy Joe Sloan and his parents Dick and Pauline Morrison Sloan...

TYRONZA - Mrs. Nettie Louise Smith departed this life Thursday, September 29, 2016 at her residence at the age of 80. Mrs. Smith was born June 1, 1936 in Waterloo, Ala. to John and Lady Jewell Allison Wood. She was a homemaker and a member of the Upper Room Apostolic Church in Tyronza...

JONESBORO - Ramona Lynn (Mona) Gulley Dodd, 62, of Jonesboro, Ark., passed away Sunday, October 2nd, 2016 while in the company of family members, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born in Ann Arbor, Mich. on August 3, 1954, a daughter of the late Erma Dean (Hoy) and Tion Jerome Hassen. ...

TRUMANN - Mr. Ottie Gene Qualls of Trumann departed this life Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at the family residence in Trumann, Ark., at the age of 86. Mr. Qualls was born Saturday, May 17, 1930 in Savannah, Tenn., and lived most of his life in Trumann. He was a retired farmer and of the Baptist faith. ...

HICKORY FLAT, MISS - Ms. Melissa Gail Stidham, 58, formerly of Tyronza, departed this life Saturday, October 1, 2016. Ms. Stidham was born December 11, 1957 in Memphis, Tenn. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. Ms. Stidham is survived by one daughter, Tabitha Taylor of Memphis, Tenn.; one son, Robert Taylor of Memphis, Tenn., one step-son, Joseph "Joey" Moses of Clarksdale, Tenn.; one sister, Dallas Calvillo of Byhalia, Miss.; two brothers, Phillip Timbs of Marked Tree and Anthony Ward of Southaven, Miss.; one step-brother, Kelly Ward of Dallas, Tex.; and one grandchild, Patience Taylor of Memphis, Tenn. ...

TRUMANN - Ms. Tammy Gipson departed this life Monday, October 3, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 52. She was born Friday, August 7, 1964 in Trumann and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a waitress and of the Christian faith. Ms. Gipson was preceded in death by her father, Bobby Harper and her adopted father, Gary Kelleghan...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Tressie Juanita Thompson departed this life on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Arlington Cove Nursing Home in Trumann, Ark., at the age of 93. She was born Sunday, May 13, 1923 in Lepanto and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. Mrs. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Lucille Robbins McCarty-Greer passed away peacefully, Thursday, October 6, 2016, at St. Bernard's Medical Center at the age of 94. She was born March 11, 1922 to R.V. and Lela Robbins in Savannah, Tenn. She moved with her family to Trumann at a very young age and had lived in Trumann most of her life. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Wilma Sue Milligan of Trumann departed this life on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 85. She was born Tuesday, November 25, 1930 in Fruitland, Tenn., and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. ...

TRUMANN - Mrs. Betty Jane Richardson of Trumann departed this life on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age 81. Mrs. Richardson was born in Caraway, Ark., and lived most of her lifetime in Trumann. She was a retired supervisor with Salant & Salant and a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by four sisters, four brothers and her parents, Aubrey and Willie Mae Lambert Shriner...

OSCEOLA - Mr. Bobby Ray Claybrooks, 62, departed this life Thursday, October 13, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Claybrooks was born April 15, 1954 in Osceola to Eugene and Helen Alexander Moss. He was a Gin worker and a member of St. John Full Gospel in Osceola...

LEPANTO - Ms. Patricia Kirkpatrick departed this life Saturday, October 8, 2016, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 53. Ms. Kirkpatrick was born November 5, 1962 to Warren and Lee Sulcer. Ms. Kirkpatrick is survived by one son, Daniel Toural, Jr. of Baton Rouge, La. and a host of other family and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents...

TRUMANN - Richard Fredrick (Dick) Schmidt, 92, died peacefully at his home on October 21, 2016. He was born on December 8, 1923, in Omaha, Neb. to John P. and Bertha Schmidt. On June 16, 1948, he married his sweetheart, Eva Elizabeth (Koerkenmeier) in Tipton, Mo. and moved to Jonesboro in 1952 (and eventually Trumann in 1964); they had six children. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus...

CHEROKEE VILLAGE - Mrs. Lillian Louise Trussell, 74, of Cherokee Village, Ark., departed this life Friday, October 21, 2016. Mrs. Trussell was born in Dyess, Ark. and had lived in Cherokee Village since 2004 and was formerly of Trumann. Mrs. Trussell was a substitute teacher, a factory worker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, R.C. Trussell; two sisters; one brother and her parents, James M. and Daisy Mae Alice Carter Bennett...